Gabriele’s lawyer, Joshua Koskoff, declined comment on the case. McNicol could not be reached for comment.

Gabriele claimed in her lawsuit she went to see McNicol on Sept. 7, 2011, for a severe headache. The lawsuit states McNichol did not perform an appropriate physical and neurological examination on Gabriele and failed to recognize she may have been suffering from a neurovascular event.

As a result, the suit claims, Gabriele suffered a ruptured intracranial aneurysm resulting in permanent injury and causing her to need assistance “in all aspects of daily living.”